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Expert in Specialty and Commodity Chemicals Sourcing and Purchasing
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert is a 39 year veteran of the Chemical Industry. Expert's primary expertise is in supply chain management and more specifically raw material chemicals sourcing and supply, both local (USA) and global. Expert managed several chemicals portfolios in his career. His primary thrust was always guaranteeing sustainable sourcing and back-up source approvals at the right price, never compromising quality and timely availability for the cheapest price. Expert worked extensively in the personal care industry as the purchasing team member for several new product development events. This was inevitably followed by cost reduction initiatives to evaluate alternate sources and materials. He also has considerable background in Laundry and Household raw materials sourcing. Expert has significant experience with contract manufacturing, packaging, transportation, legal, safety, research and development, and other supply chain-related fields.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: New York, New York;
Yonkers, New York;
Newark, New Jersey;
Jersey City, New Jersey;
Paterson, New Jersey;
Elizabeth, New Jersey;
Bridgeport, Connecticut;
New Haven, Connecticut;
Hartford, Connecticut;
and Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Degree |
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1971
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MBA Management
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Management, minor in Marketing
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Suffolk University, Boston
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2008 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Purchasing
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VP Purchasing (part time consultant)
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Sourcing, negotiating, contracting for laundry and household chemicals.
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1986 to 2008
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Unilever Americas
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Purchasing
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Senior Global Purchasing Manager
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Local and global Purchasing of Chemicals for Personal Care factories around the world.
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1986 to 1988
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Chesebrough Pond's(bought in '88 by Unilever)
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Purchasing
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Senior Purchasing Manager
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Purchasing of packaging, cotton, paper, fragrances, chemicals.
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to
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(Undisclosed)
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Manufacturing Management, then Purchasing
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Manufacturing coordinator, then Purchasing Agent
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Manufacturing Coordination between HQ and 31 factories, then Purchasing for energy(Oil, Nat Gas, Coal), packaging, chemicals.
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| Selected Consulting Examples: |
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Expert retired in 2008 and immediately contracted with Phoenix Brands as a consultant as VP Chemicals Purchasing from 2008 to present.
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Expert has worked for EOS Products in personal care specialty chemicals sourcing on a single event basis since 2008.
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1997 to 2008
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Europe, South America, Africa, Far East
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Expert was a team leader for global sourcing of specialty chemicals for personal care products for Unilever
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French
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Passable
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Significant experience in cultivating vendor relations, benchmarking chemicals costs and vendor cost drivers, evauating new and offshore suppliers and opportunities.
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Expert for a free initial screening call regarding your marketing research, industry research, and company
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Expert is free.
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| Additional Skills and Services: |
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Global experience in finding vendors, evaluating viability of each, obtaining pricing, negotiating, arranging logistics, seeking R&D approval, managing contracts
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Other Skills and Services
Coordinating cradle-to-grave materials supply situations between the different functional groups within the corporate supply chain world (and R&D).
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